English Explanatory Dictionary

waveplate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thin layer of a birefringent material that is used to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby altering its polarization

Word forms

waveplate waveplates

Etymology

From wave + plate.

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